Usage examples of "queue" in French with translation to English

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Mon chien remue la queue. My dog is wagging his tail.
Il faut que vous fassiez la queue. You have to wait in line.
Je me trouve dans le wagon de queue. I'm in the rear car.
Mon chien a une longue queue. My dog has a long tail.
Je fais la queue à l'épicerie. I am in the grocery line.
Un poisson nage en bougeant sa queue. A fish swims by moving its tail.
Il se tenait au bout de la queue. He stood at the end of the line.
Une vache chasse les mouches avec sa queue. A cow chases away flies with its tail.
Il y a déjà beaucoup de gens qui attendent dans une queue devant le cinéma. There were already a lot of people waiting in a line in front of the movie theater.
L'enfant attrapa le chat par la queue. The boy caught the cat by the tail.
Durant cette période, il y avait un moyen pour entrer dans le pavillon français sans avoir besoin de faire la queue : il fallait aller manger les produits à l'intérieur, mais c'était vraiment trop cher. During this period, there was a way to get into the French clubhouse without standing in line: you had to eat the products inside, but it was really expensive.
Le chien suivit son maître en agitant la queue. The dog followed its master, wagging its tail.
Cette sorte de chat ne possède pas de queue. This type of cat has no tail.
Un lapin a de longues oreilles et une petite queue. A rabbit has long ears and a short tail.
J'ai vu la queue d'une baleine, aujourd'hui. I saw a whale tail today.
La petite sirène gémit et regarda tristement sa queue de poisson. The little mermaid sighed and looked sadly at her fish tail.
Les chiens remuent la queue et les chats fouettent la leur. Dogs wag their tails and cats swish theirs.
Ce que tu dis n'a pour moi ni queue ni tête. I can't make head or tail of what you say.
Ce que vous dites n'a pour moi ni queue ni tête. I can't make head or tail of what you say.
Au cimetière, est dressée une statue d'un serpent qui se mord la queue. In the cemetery, there is a statue of a snake biting its own tail.
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